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Sexual Differentiation of the Brain: Effects of Testosterone on Brain RNA Metabolism in Newborn Female Rats

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RNA metabolism in two regions of the amygdala and anterior hypothalamus of the brain of the newborn female rat responds to testosterone administration quite differently from that in the brain as a whole. These two regions may represent primary sites for the action of this hormone on the brain.

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    R. B. CLAYTON, JANICE KOGURA & HELENA C. KRAEMER

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CLAYTON, R., KOGURA, J. & KRAEMER, H. Sexual Differentiation of the Brain: Effects of Testosterone on Brain RNA Metabolism in Newborn Female Rats. Nature 226, 810–812 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/226810a0

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